rsequencereplicate

Repeating a repeated sequence

We want to get an array that looks like this:

1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4

What is the easiest way to do it?

Solution

  • You can do it with a single rep call. The each and times parameters are evaluated sequentially with the each being done first.

    rep(1:4, times=3, each=3)  # 'each' done first regardless of order of named parameters
#[1] 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4